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G. BEBE.

OARDING MACHINE.

No. 356,090. Patented Jan. 18-, 1887.

WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

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GEORGE BEBB, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE MERRITT AND \VORTH MERRITT, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

CARDlNG-MAQHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,090, dated January 18, 1.8%?.

4 Application filed July 29, 1886. Serial No. 109,481. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE BEBE, of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and'State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oarding-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention is an improved doffencleaner for carding-machines, and seeks to provide a simple construction by which to clean the dirt no and short fiber from the doffer, and to discharge the dirt and very short stock into a trough or other receptacle, while the longer fibers will be returned to the doffer, to be incorporated with the lap.

The invention has for further objects other improvements; and it consists in certain features of construction and novel combinations of parts, as will be described.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a part of a cardingmachine provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of a part of my improved cleaner.

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view, part in section,

showing the relation of the doffer, cleaner, 2 5 stripper, and trough. Fig. 4 is a perspective View, showing a cleaner of different construction from that shown in the other figures; and Fig. 5 shows a cleaner of still different construction.

In carrying out my invention I employ a framing, constituting a support for the several operating devices, and such framing is shown as consisting of a standard, A, brackets B G, and carriers D and E. The standards Ahave right-angled feet a at their lower ends, and

such feet are slotted at 1 to receive the bolts 2, by which the standards may be secured adjustably to the framing of-a carding-machine.

In the standards are formed vertical slots 3 0 and at, to receive the bolts 5 and 6, which serve to secure the brackets 13 and O to the standards, so such brackets may be independently adjusted. These brackets B and C have slots b and c, and the carriers D and E are secured to their respective brackets by bolts 7 and 8, passed through slots b and a, and thereby the said carriers may be adjusted independently of each other and of their brackets. I provide the carriers D and E with ears (1 and e.

The cleaner F is j ournaled in a box, G, which is supported by screws H H, threaded through the ears d-of carrier D. In the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the cleaneris a roller, having longitudinal rows 9 of cardclothing, and in practice such card-clothing moves into contact with the doffing-roller. The shaft or trunnion of this cleaner is extended, and provided with a band-pulley, I, geared by a belt, 1', with a pulley on the shaft of the doffer.

The stripper J is a revolving stripper, being a roller provided with card-clothing. This roller has its shaftjjournaled in boxesK, supported by screws is, threaded through ears 6.

On the shaftj is fixed a pulley, L, geared by 6 i 7 belt Z with a pulley, m, on a fancy, M, so the revolving stripper will be run at ahigher rate of speed. This stripping-roller moves in con tact with the cleaner, and close to but not in contact with the doffer. In front of thisstrip- 7Q per-that is, on: the side of same opposite the dofferI arrange a trough or receptacle, N, for the dirt and short stock stripped from the cleaner. Between this trough and the stripper I arrange a dividing-plate, O. This may be a plain upright strip, with its upper edge close to thestripping-roller; but it preferably is as shown, having one side curved to fit around the roller, while the other or front side is straight and forms a support for the box N. 8 This box is detachably connected by hooks and eyes with the plate O,which latter is connected adj ustably with the bracket 0 by means of a bolt, 0, passed through a plate, 0, extended from the dividing-platafand througha slot,e, 8 in the part E. The hooks and eyes connecting box N and plate 0 are usually arranged as shown most clearly in Figs. 2 and 3, the hook m being pivoted at one end to the box N, and constructed to engage the eye a, supo ported on the plate 0. This plate serves to divide the dirt and short'worthless stock from the long fibers, discharging the former into the trough, while the latter is carried on and delivered to the dotfing-roller, when it may be 5 carried thereby and united with the lap being formed. In this operation it will be seen the centrifugal force will throw off the short stock and dirt from the revolving stripper,while the. long fibers will be retained till they have passed the upper edge of the dividing-plate.

Instead of the roller-form of cleaner shown in Fig. 1, the oscillating form shown in Fig. 4 may be employed. In this construction a shaft, P, is journaled in the boxes G, and has arms 19, carrying a bar, Q, provided with card-clothing, and movable into contact with the stripper. This shaft also has a crank-arm, 9, connected by a pitman,10,with acrank,11,which crank may be extended from the shaft or axle of the doffing-cylinder. The stripping-roller, it will be understood, runs at a high speed.

The cleaning-roller may be revolved in one or the opposite direction.' Ifrun in the direction indicated by the arrow, the cleaner should be run slower than the dofier; but if moved in the reverse direction it may be run as fast or faster than the doffer, as may be desired.

In Fig. 5 the cleaner shown consists of a number of approximately-radial arms having card-clothed bars attheir outcrends, and fixed on a common shaft,which in operation isto be revolved. The mechanism for revolving such shaft may be the same as that shown in Fig. l for revolving the shaft of the cleaner therein shown, and it is not thought necessary to duplicate the illustration of such mechanism. Having thus described myinvention,what I claim as new is 1. The combination of the doffer, a stripping-roller having card-clothing, supports whereby said roller may be held close to the doffer, operating means for said strippingroller, a cleaner, and supports and operating means therefor, whereby said cleaner may be actuated into contact with the doffer and the stripping-roller, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In combination with the dofi'er of a cardingmachine, a stripping-roller having cardclothing, adjustable bearings for said roller, a cleaner movable into contact with said doffer and roller, and supports and operating means for said cleaner and stripping-roller, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination,with a cleaner, of a re volving stripper, and trough arranged adjacent to said stripper, and a dividing-plate arranged between the receptacle of said trough and the revolving stripper, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the standard having slots 3 and 4, the brackets 13 and 0, bolts securing said brackets to the standard and passed through slots 3 and 4, and the cleaner and stripper supported on said brackets 13 and C, substantially as set forth.

5. The herein-described improved doffercleaner for carding-machines, consisting of the standard having slots 3 and 4, the brackets B and 0, having slots 72 and 0, bolts securing the brackets to the standards and passed through the slots 3 and 4, the carriers D and E, having ears (I and 6, bolts whereby to secure said can riers adjustably to the brackets, the boxes G and K, adjustable connections between said boxes and the ears d and e, and the cleaner and stripper journaled in such boxes, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE BEBE.

Vitnesses:

JosEPH A. MINTURN, Gulls. D. EBERT. 

